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Re: Setting up cygwin so other users can run processes on my computer
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 02:00:43PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
>
> > Rajiv Chopra wrote:
> > > What I would like to do is enable another colleague to run processes
> > > on my computer. Is it possible to set up Cygwin such that he can
> > > telnet to my machine and run a process?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Rajiv
> >
> > I would suggest installing openssh from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe.
> >
> > After that you can run the ssh-host-config script to install it as a
> > service.
> >
> > After making sure the other guy's user ID is in your /etc/passwd file,
> > you can have him log on your system locally and get to a bash prompt to
> > initialize his environment. Then have him run ssh-user-config to get
> > the ssh stuff for his user account created.
> >
> > After that, he should be able to ssh into your system and do what he
> > needs to do.
> >
> > -Jason
>
> You might also want to mention that the relevant mounts should be system
> mounts, not user ones (i.e., install for "All Users", not "Just Me")...
Would a generous soul volunteer to add that to ssh-host-config?
At the same time make sure that /etc/passwd and group are readable by the
daemon, or by everybody, and that id -u isn't 400 and id -g not 401 (mkgroup).
Just emit a big WARNING if there is a problem.
THANKS^1000
Pierre
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